Article 31 Communication
United Kingdom
Member States shall communicate to the Commission the following:
the list drawn up pursuant to Article 3(2) indicating the territorial and, where applicable, the special jurisdiction of the courts;
the names and addresses of the central bodies and competent authorities designated pursuant to Article 4(3), indicating their territorial jurisdiction;
the technical means for the receipt of requests available to the courts on the list drawn up pursuant to Article 3(2);
the languages accepted for requests, as referred to in Article 6.
Member States shall inform the Commission of any subsequent changes to the information referred to in paragraph 1.
Each Member State shall communicate to the Commission details of the other authorities that are competent to take evidence for the purposes of judicial proceedings in civil or commercial matters. Member States shall inform the Commission of any subsequent changes to those details.
Member States may notify the Commission if they are in a position to operate the decentralised IT system earlier than required by this Regulation. The Commission shall make such information available electronically, in particular through the European e-Justice Portal.